Using Sentence Frames to Jumpstart Writing

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Common core: ELA
Delivering and Evaluating a Persuasive Speech
00:02:00 STACY BREWER: What is the author’s viewpoint about exploring? TEXT:
Strategies:
Sentence Frames
00:02:08 STACY BREWER: A sentence frame is a strategy that I use, especially for my English language learners to give them an opportunity to answer a question. TEXT:
The author thinks exploring is ________
Stacy Brewer
5th Grade teacher
Stevenson Elementary – Bellevue, WA
00:02:18 STACY BREWER: It’s basically the setup of a sentence with a piece missing from it so that they can fill-in in the information. TEXT:
I think Lewis and Clark were ________ because _________
00:02:26 STACY BREWER: I’ve taken part of the job of writing away from the students so they can focus on the content.
00:02:32 STACY BREWER: If you were going to fill-in this sentence, how would you fill it in? The author thinks exploring is… TEXT:
The author thinks exploring is ________
00:02:40 BOY: I think it’s exciting because you could find out new stuff about different things you never knew about.
00:02:47 STACY BREWER: I write the sentence frames on sentence strips to help provide the students with the language that I’d like to hear them using when they’re talking about the answer and writing about the answer. TEXT:
I think Lewis and Clark were ________ because _________
00:02:59 STACY BREWER: How does the author feel about Lewis and Clark? In order to answer this question, you’re going to have to prove it to me.
00:03:09 BOY: I think the author feels like that Lewis and Clark are very strong because they have to go through all these dangers and hazards.
00:03:17 STACY BREWER: The sentence frames especially help my English language learners because it gives them a structure for answering the questions. It helps all of my students be successful.
00:03:27 BOY: I think that Lewis and Clark were very brave because it says that Lewis considered the Mandan Indian stories about huge bears to be fanciful tales until one of the explorers was chased by a grizzly bear.
00:03:44 STACY BREWER: Do you think you would have enough proof to be able to say that the author feels that Lewis and Clark is brave?
00:03:49 STACY BREWER: The sentence frames help my students to understand what an answer might look like. For most of my students, I let them know that it’s optional, but it gives students an option for starting so they’re not staring at the paper not knowing where to begin. TEXT:
The author thinks exploring is dangerous. Challenging and difficult. Accident.
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